November 1, 2009
Gr 4-8-The Livingstone kids continue their adventures as fruit-bat hybrids making a go of it in New York City. Lexie wants to change her image from a Goth-doomed poet to be more like the blond and popular Mina. This way maybe Dylan, the school heartthrob, would see her with different eyes. When Mina asks Lexie to be her speechwriter for the ninth-grade presidential campaign, Lexie thinks this is her opportunity. Unfortunately she learns the hard way that Mina is just using her and decides to run for the office herself. Her houseguests from "the Old World" offer to help her in exchange for cupcakes, but this turns out to have some serious ramifications, for pixies are not to be trusted. They tap into Lexie's evil, vampire dark side, encouraging her to run a dirty campaign that puts her relationships with her friends and her siblings at risk. Griffin continues to create a funny, suspenseful Goth thriller that children will sink their teeth into. The Livingstone siblings are likable characters who are facing issues that readers can easily identify with. This book can stand on its own, but reading the complete series offers better insight into and understanding of the story line."Donna Rosenblum, Floral Park Memorial High School, NY"
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January 1, 2010
Like the rest of her fruit-bat/vampire family, New Yorker Lexie aspires to be human. She feels her morality slipping away, though, when she decides to run a dirty campaign for class president against popular girl Mina. Lexie's third campy tale is sure to please genre fans on the hunt for a quick, droll read.
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